AmazonBasics File Folders Manila Legal Reviews Summary

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "They are an excellent value for the money."
• "These folders are exactly like the more expensive brands, for a much lower price."
• "Much cheaper than the local office supply store. Excellent construction. Sturdy."
• "They feel to be of good quality stock paper."
• "This product arrived as advertised - it is for 1/3 right tab, 1/3 left tab, 1/3 middle tab - manila colored, sturdy, less expensive than the other brands and has the same quality."
• "These folders are sturdy enough for daily use."
• "They hold up after much use."

Cons:

• "I’m literally missing 8 folders and several folders are damaged."
• "Will have to replace these far sooner than typical file folders due to being so light weight and not made of thicker sturdy paper."
• "These are the worst manila folders ever. They are super paper thin, tear easily and don't hold a lot of papers."
• "These, however, are really really cheaply made --they are the most flimsy file folders I have ever bought."
• "These are very thin folders, VERY THIN."
• "These folders are extremely flimsy, not sturdy at all the material is very thin, folds and bends easily."
• "These folders are the flimsiest folders ever! I will not order these again."

Packaging and Shipping

Pros:

• "These were snuggly packed in an Amazon box and showed no damage at all."
• "33 each with left, center, and right tabs. Boxed well in that all were perfectly flat when I received them; not one was bent."
• "This order of Manila folders arrived in perfect condition."

Cons:

• "They didn't come in a box like you would get if you bought them at an office store."
• "These folders are fine for our purposes, we don't need real sturdy file folders. But they arrived in just the shipping box, not in the usual outer box for file folders."
• "They arrive loosely in the brown cardboard box vs. being in an box with a lid."
• "The corners of ALL of the folders are bent."
• "They did come in just a plain brown, beat-up box and a few of the folders on top were a little bent up around the edges."
• "They came just stacked in a shipping box. No box to keep them in on the shelf. That's very strange!"
• "Also they came in a plain brown box, loose and water damaged on the left tabs."

Design and Functionality

Pros:

• "These folders are exactly what I wanted. The alternating tabs enable me to see what's on each folder."
• "I like that they have tabs that are positioned in different places - left, centre, right - making it easier to find the one you’re looking for."
• "The pale pastel folder works great with a large black marker to label them."
• "The bright and cheerful colors make it easier to sort document types."
• "They keep the documents organized, separated, and labeled."
• "The tabs are cut wide enough to write more than a single word, and located with left, middle, and right top tabs for easier filing."
• "They have a reinforced tab so it stays put so you can see it clearly when put up."

Cons:

• "I received a box that had folders with side tabs and middle tabs. I didn't want the middle tabs."
• "The reason I took a star off is because the tabs are all in the same place."
• "Not worth the money, for a couple of dollars more I could have purchased a name brand with reinforced tabs."
• "The tabs are not reinforced. This is false advertising. Returned for credit."
• "I wish the description had noted that there are three different tab locations - right, center and left."
• "The image shown for this item is as if the tabs will all be in the RIGHT (3rd) position, but it was full of all three (left, center, right) positions."
• "I didn't want the tabs in different positions on the folders. Wanted them all on the right, as the picture shows but some were in the middle and some on the left."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Your box of 100 folders is cheaper than office Depot, Walmart."
• "These folders were competitively priced and will be durable enough for my purposes."
• "Folders are good quality and the price is right."
• "I haven't been able to find a better value for the price."
• "Great price, well made, several colors and a generous amount."
• "These things are significantly more expensive at staples or the ilk. I’ll be using amazon as my source moving forward."
• "Great file folders for a great price."

Cons:

• "I will not buy again. It is definitely one of those 'you get what you pay for'."
• "But, they are too thin to hold up to heavy use."
• "Value for your money, gave it 4 stars because it isn’t as sturdy and could potentially tear apart in the near future."
• "I will not ever buy these again or recommend them."
• "Not worth it’s. Poor quality & folder files feel like paper thin."
• "I would not purchase again unless they came with a lightweight box to store them in."
• "Flimsy, thin, bendable, everything manila folders in the past WEREN'T."